New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
pAPAL POLITICS.
uaRpfNAL JACOBrNPs SUoCEssoR-YAIl'
CAN AND QUfRINAL.

Notwithstanding tho numerous ruhof' "n" ~
yvpsrts which current at the present ui'n'o"'
:. Ar .nh,act Of the late Cardinal Jacobinfs sue
oessof. there Ia no real reason to doubt tnss inc
s.w,v GRATED Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro now
Nurcio st Madrid, IL to be tho new Papal secretary
AZ State Cardinal Rampolla del Tindaro belongs
"a an ancient family OF the Sicl;ian nobi lsy' he
-. aauoated at the Jesuit College Capranica, at
the College of Ecclesiastical Mobiles, and at Cole
oi~m Romanum at Rome Subsequently no was
attached as secretary and auditor 70 the rapai
Mission ut Madrid, and the recall OF the 9pne'o,
who at that time was Monsignor NOW Caiui"""
gimeoni, he became charge d a'faires "non' on
the death Of Cardinal Antonel P'us Ia hon'n"'0s
Cardinal simeoni to succeed hun as Secretary VI
at.ta Monsiaaor Rampolla was promoted nrst OF
al "a ta,s most of Secretary of the Oriental DepafV
,rsnt Of the Propaganda Fide and later on TO that
f Secretary Of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Ana,rs
80. ba obta,ned a remarkable insight into the
..l.t,on. of tho Vatican with Germany. About
eva years ago he was appointed Papal Nuncio to
Madrid where he has rendered great services 10
the ROYAL dynasty, and has done mucn toward
brfnr ing about xaodas rirendi between the Con-
ssr,atiyes and the Liberals thereby consolidating
tho power of the Queen Regent he Is q rather
macmillan man. and has made special point OF at
tashug himself to no particular party. His most
remarkable quality Is that of implicit obedience.
He IA buresucrat rather than diplomat. 1t Is
rrobaby ON that account that Leo XIII. has desig-
natAd him a. Secretary OF State. The Pontit
wants an intelligent and active Secretary, who will
oontcut himself with obeynR orders without
Attempting to give o color OF his own to the holy
Tssher's policy. In common parlance ne Will DO
tina Popeis man rather than the man OF any partcn-
lar Church party. No other rrelate would nave
suitoa % exactly tho peculiar requirements OF the
Pcrtif, who, a. 10 well known, 10 accustomed to
think and to act for himself. Besides In appoint
ing Cardinal Rampolia, Leo XIII. knows that ne Is
paying an indirect compliment to his good friends
at Berlin, at which Court the new Secretary OF
State 10 O persona oratissima When the Crown
Prince of Germany visited Madrid few years ago
hs became exceedingly fr;endl, with Monsignor
Rasnpoila and 1t was owing to the inducements OF
the latter that he was persuaded to stop at Rome
on his way back to Berlin in order to pay us
memorable visit to the Sovereign Pontif.
The Cardinal who by the way, Is only now about
70 reoeive his beretta is tall grave. asceto lock-
inG man of stately misn and noble speech just the
man In fact who is suited to make an impression
on the Court OF the HidalgoS In every respect ne
presents direct contrast his rollckng. fat and
Jolly little predecessor, the defunct Secretary OF
State. He is exceedingly reserved and has reputa
tiop of great piety and profound knowledge of the
oloxy. Nicknaued @the Taciturn," he moreover
differs from his predecessor thai his word can be
strictly depended on. Without wishing to say any
thing disrespectful Of his late Eminence JacObini,
one could almost have written Of him as Lord
Rockingham did of King Charles III. Of England.
sWhose word no man relied on y; bat the little
Cardinal had such delightful. goodhumored way
about him, that it was simply impossible to be
offended az his frequent breaches Of faith AL
thoagh Cardinal Rampolla Is exceedingly respected
hs 10 not popular. and his appointment will give
cspeciai dissatisfaction at Paris. whore rightly or
wrongly he Is looked upon as possessing German
rather than French sympathes. 1t is probably on
this latter account that Nine. Adam has referred so
sllxhtingly aud 20 briefly to him in her AOursl!s
RevxA
Tho Queen Regent Of Spain Is naturally much
distressed By the honor which has been thrust
the newly nedged Cardinal She knows full well
that with his departure from Madrid. she will lose
one Of the principal supports of the throne. The
Spapiards are deeply religious race no matter to
what party they may happen to belong. 1t was
owing to Monsignor Rampolia's Intervention that
on the death Of the late King the Conservative
Primo Minister Canovas Voluntarily resigned his
Office into the hands of his Liberal opponent Senior
Sagasta with the patriotic object Of strengthening
tho totterlng Regency. and of causing the Liberals
to become the guardians of the throne, instead Of
Joining the Republicans as they were thinking OF
\ doing. Queen Christina fears that with the
departure Of the Cardinal the Conservatives will
" no longer allow themselves to be restrained from
beginning active war on the Liberals and
that the infant Kings throne will perish in tine
throes of party strife She has therefore earnestly
eutreated the Holy Father that he would permit
the Cardinal to remain some little time longer at
Madrid as pr0-Nuncio, during which time the Pope
viii himself conduct the affairs of the Office Of
Secretary Of State with the assistance oil Mtnsgnor
GalimbertL
types Of prelates ut the Vatican. He is kind of
ecclesiastical Bohemian. and is a man somewhat
after the style of the late Cardinal Antonelli
which Is an indirect manner OF asserting that no
matter how high the official rank which IL may
please the Pope to confer on HIN, he will never be
invested with any sacerdotal or episcopal Office. A
maryellously clever and devoted aGherent to the
Holy Fathers pet policy OF an equitable reconcila
ton between Church and State, his past is un-
very shadv nature. Notwithstanding the present
{ high favor in which he stands with Leo Kill,
there are several Of the Cardinals who decline to
Cardinal ParOcchi who held the rank of Arch
bishop Of Bologna at the time when Galimberti was
priest of his diocese. 1t Is well known that he
summarily deprived the latter of the canoprv
which ne then held. and that he forwarded to the
Vatican vouminous report showing that the
young canon had graz ely compromised his ecclesi-
astical rank n certain unfortunate affairs Suisse
Quently at Rome his name became disagreeably
connected with the notorious Marquise de Spada
However, notwithstanding all these things. which
are perfectly well known against him, his talents
arc remarkable, ana his services so valuable
that two Papal Secretaries of State. Cardinals
Franch and Jacobini. both made him their conf
Dental secretary and factotuiD. Leo XlI H. places
great dependence on the press. OF which he fully
recognizes the power aud influence Besides
various papers aud publications openly maintained
by the Vatican, the Roly Father privately suDsi-
dies large number of journalists to represent his
views in various portions Of the world. 1t is ia
dealing with the pres, that the Pope first became
acquainted with the value of Gaimbert's services
and after short time he entrusted him with the
foundation of new paper, the Moniteur de Rome
and subsequently with the direction Of all press
matters, This OF course brought him il daily con-
tact with the Ponta. who quickly perceived how
useful he might become and quickly promo'e ted
him to tho Office Of Secretary of the Extraordinar
Ecclesiastical Affairs and to the post Of Under